管他三七二十一

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	he; him; other	three sevens beget twenty-one; the actual situation; facts of the matter
trad. (管他三七二十一)		管	他	三七二十一
simp. ^#(管他三七二十一)		管	他	三七二十一
Literally: “who cares that three times seven is twenty-one”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚㄙㄢㄑㄧㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² taa¹ saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚㄙㄢㄑㄧㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎn ta san ci èrshíhyi
  - Wade–Giles: kuan³ tʻa¹ san¹ chʻi¹ êrh⁴-shih²-i¹
  - Yale: gwǎn tā sān chī èr-shŕ-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan ta san chi ellshyri
  - Palladius: гуань та сань ци эршии (guanʹ ta sanʹ ci eršii)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun² taa¹ saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹
  - Yale: gún tā sāam chāt yih sahp yāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun² taa¹ saam¹ tsat⁷ ji⁶ sap⁹ jat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun² ta¹ sam¹ ced¹ yi⁶ seb⁶ yed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

管他三七二十一

casting all caution to the winds; regardless of the circumstances or consequences; come what may

Synonyms

不管三七二十一 (bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī)
(Cantonese) 唔理三七二十一, 唔理三七廿一

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